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3398 Washington Road
Atlanta, GA 30344
USA
773.398.5288
corbett@buildingperformanceworkshop.com
Advanced residential construction and home improvement consulting and owner's advocacy in Atlanta, using the latest building performance diagnostic and modeling techniques and tools. Airtightness, insulation, HVAC, ventilation, moisture, and air quality and EMF consulting for homeowners and building professionals alike.
Home performance articles and stories from the field with internationally respected building forensics guru Corbett Lunsford at the Building Performance Workshop. Hear new episodes of the Building Performance Podcast, see new videos from the Home Performance YouTube channel, and learn all about how diagnostic testing (more than an 'Energy Audit') can make home improvement and new home construction a proven process!
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Our friend, longtime mold inspector Jason Earle has developed an affordable DIY kit for renters, teachers, and anyone else who'd like a quick and easy way to spot check for airborne mold. Here's his background with mold exposure from childhood, and what led him to R&D for this valuable monitoring solution. Check out the kits or order one: https://GotMold.com
From ‘Home Diagnosis’ Season 2 ep13: See what comprehensive home performance testing looks like, as we prove the forever home we built does what we designed it to do. Test instruments used, all available thru https://TruTechTools.com:
Retrotec 5000 blower door and DM-32 pressure gauge
Retrotec Flow Box
Hikmicro M30 infrared thermal camera
TEC DG-8 pressure gauge
TEC TruFlow Grid
HOBO MX1101 temp/humidity datalogger
Testo 400 large vane anemometer
Watch the whole episode: https://homediagnosis.tv/episode-213-proof-testing-the-house
Using a TEC DG-8 manometer and a Testo 400 hot wire anemometer, Corbett evaluates the HVAC balancing in the home his family built in Atlanta. Keep your room pressures below 3 Pascals if you can, 5 Pascals will start to give you problems- rooms don't receive enough conditioned air, and/or whistling or doors closing from 'ghosts'.
Join our Patreon group and be part of our R&D team: https://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV
Watch the first ever TV series about the science of homes: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv
When you build a duct system, if you want it to work correctly you run a tightness test. See how Corbett did on his home’s first of 5 duct systems for different purposes. Using a Retrotec Duc Tester 300 with DM-32 manometer, available at: https://trutechtools.com
Watch the whole episode, and the whole season: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv
Even with their newly-finished home still obviously off-gassing, and with a massive amount of wood finishes and structural materials certainly emitting formaldehyde, this high performance forever home is testing like a decades-old, well-established house as told by chemist Alice Delia of Prism Analytical. Through the selection of low-emitting materials where possible AND 24/7 ventilation of the spaces, the Lunsfords have achieved their goal of a sanctuary with limited chemistry.
Learn a ton more at: http://HomeDiagnosis.tv/atlanta-homestead
Subscribe to Healthy Indoors Magazine and join the community: http://HealthyIndoors.com
Test your own home: http://pati-air.com
HVAC technicians will someday be the masters of the science of homes, but right now it's not looking too hot. Hear from Jim Bergmann, one of the world's HVAC legends, why most HVAC installs are wrong from the minute the load calculations are started using Manual J, Manual S, and Manual D without using a blower door first.
Watch the show at https://HomeDiagnosis.tv
Support our work changing the building industry: http://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV
Start testing your HVAC installs with: https://measurequick.com/
Get your blower door at: https://www.trutechtools.com/system-blower-doors-and-duct-testers.html
Corbett finds an atmospheric draft water heater that's spilling its combustion gases into the home's basement. See the inspection and testing that go into the analysis of how to solve the issue, and learn to protect your clients and your own family in the process. Using a Wohler A450 combustion analyzer, Retrotec DM-32 and Cirrus Wind Indicator, all from https://TruTechTools.com.
See the 'Home Diagnosis' television series: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv
Subscribe to Healthy Indoors and join the worldwide community: http://HealthyIndoors.com
I've tested hundreds of combustion-fueled heating appliances, and this is way more common than you'd hope. Watch my friend Wade Thompson of Utah's amazing Intermountain Weatherization Training Center give a quick demonstration of how easy it is to pass and fail this important home health test.
See way more about Wade's work in Season 2 of Home Diagnosis: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv
Check out Wade's organization: http://iwtcutah.org/
For our forever home, we chose the NuTone PurePower 650 central vacuum, which I piped, wired, and installed myself (not very difficult, though parts are hard to get ahold of in a hurry, if you run out).
Check out this system, and other Broan-NuTone machines: https://broan-nutone.com/
See the Testo 440 kit I'm using for the diagnostics: https://www.trutechtools.com/Testo-440
The HAVEN central duct system IAQ sensor I flashed to show the effectiveness of the HEPA filter: https://tzoa.com/
Using Fantech's hood liner system (https://www.fantech.net/our-solutions/kitchen/exhaust-air-system/) and active make up air system (https://www.fantech.net/our-solutions/kitchen/makeup-air-systems/) with custom grilles from Stellar Air Vents (https://stellarairdecorativeventcovers.com/), we made our home a test lab for tuning indoor chemistry with state of the art ventilation. Thanks to LBNL’s Brett Singer for helping me get in high gear on this topic.
Get a quick and easy crash course in how your kitchen exhaust should work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y08HOnzafM8
See the first-ever TV show about the science of homes: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv
Become a member and support our work sharing this info: http://Patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV
From the upcoming Season Two of 'Home Diagnosis': through a 5-day recording of temperature, humidity, and dewpoint with a datalogger, see the actual performance curves of five built environments on our property. Watch the evolution of primitive to advanced built environments, from an open-air workshop to a lived-in high performance home- the effect of air sealing and insulation alone is pretty incredible when you see it like this.
Become a member and help support this show: http://patreon.com/HomeDiagnosisTV
See more about Home Diagnosis TV series: http://HomeDiagnosis.tv
Welcome to the training center of our dreams! In this multi-use space at our newly-constructed high performance home in Atlanta’s College Park neighborhood, we’re hosting professional and DIY crowds who want to get hands on with the science of homes: design, installation, and testing.
Come learn about diagnostics, ventilation, air tightness, HVAC, ductwork, blower door testing, infrared thermal photography, moisture investigation, and much more in this state-of-the-art contaminant controlled room. Our balanced Energy Recovery Ventilation system, HEPA filtration loop, and dedicated dehumidifier all work with stellar airtightness and insulation to create a clean, quiet classroom only 5 minutes from the busiest airport in the world.
Check out our upcoming courses: https://BuildingPerformanceWorkshop.com/training